2023 CEET / ETI Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

2023 Students and Projects

View the final list of REU students, home institutions, UMass advisors and project topics below. Questions? Contact us at engindiversity@umass.edu.

2023 REU Summer Students

REU students gather for orientation with CEET REU Director Zoe Getman-Pickering (Front row - left). Credit: Ndifreke Ette, UMass Amherst

  • Student: Briana Pulliam, UC Santa Barbara

    PI: Erin Baker

    Program: CEET

    Title: Reducing the Grid Demand by Introducing Hot Water Buffer Tanks to Heating Pumps

  • Student: Skyler Gipson, Stetson University

    PI: Jay Taneja

    Mentors: Aggrey Muhebwa, Bob Muhwezi

    Program: CEET

    Title: Locating Charcoal Production Sites with Remotely Sensed Data in East Africa

  • Student: Lily Davoren, Bryn Mawr College

    PI: Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Prashant Shenoy

    Mentors: Adam Lechowicz

    Program: CEET

    Title: Shining a Light on Solar Equity: Impact of Solar Power Adoption on Diverse Demographics

  • Student: Chaehyeon (Chae) Kim, Case Western Reserve University

    PI: Ramesh Sitaraman

    Mentors: Diptyaroop Maji, Abel Souza

    Program: CEET

    Title: Real-time Carbon Intensity Forecasts for the Electric Grid in Europe

  • Student: Vivian Rost-Nasshan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    PI: Jimi Oke

    Mentors: Mohammed Mohammed

    Program: CEET

    Title: Explaining Vehicular Delays in the United States

  • Student: Asmy Sylvain, UMass-Amherst

    PI: Matthew Lackner

    Program: CEET

    Title: Wind Trawler, A Comparative Study of Storage Options

  • Student: Agustin Pemberton, STCC

    PI: David Irwin

    Mentors: Talha Mehboob

    Program: CEET

    Title: Revving up Efficiency, Quantifying Carbon Minimization through Job Scheduling Policies

  • Student: Stan Laguerre, Macalester College

    PI: Fatima Anwar

    Program: CEET

    Mentors: Yasra Chandio, Khotso Selialia

    Title: Unpacking Visual SLAM: A Critical Analysis of Tracking Methodologies and Their Pitfalls

  • Student: Samuel Berehe, Robert Morris University

    PI: Prashant Shenoy

    Mentors: Abel Souza, Noman Bashir

    Program: CEET

    Title: How Should I Respond to Mixed Signals? – Interpreting Average and Marginal Carbon Intensity Signals

  • Student: Lilian Kahng (Lilly), Vanderbilt University

    PI: Golbon Zakeri

    Mentors: Arash Khojaste, Geoffrey Pritchard

    Program: CEET

    Title: Rare Events in Electricity Generation from Offshore Wind

  • Student: Anvitha Ramachandran, UMass-Amherst

    PI: Sandip Kundu

    Program: CEET

    Title: Model Optimization for Lowering Energy Consumption in Edge Computing with the Google Coral TPU

  • Student: Rafiatu Sarbah, Norwich University

    PI: Ogechi Vivian Nwadiaru

    Program: CEET

    Title: Evaluating the Value of Battery Energy Storage in Low-income Communities

  • Student: Jing Wang, Deerfield Academy

    PI: Erin Baker

    Program: CEET/ETI

    Title: Impact of Electrifying Heat on Power Grids

  • Student: Chengzhi Wu Li, UMass-Amherst

    PI: Michael Zink

    Mentors: Zachary Clayton, Hakan Saplakoglu

    Program: Independent

    Title: Redesign of Sensor Nodes for Atmospheric Infrasound Detection

About ETI

The Energy Transition Institute (ETI) leads stakeholder-engaged research and education at the intersection of energy technology and social equity. Our network of researchers spans 50+ departments and programs across UMass Amherst, including Engineering, Humanities and Fine Arts, Management, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. ETI research activities include the NSF-funded ELEVATE program, which offers fellowships to PhD students doing convergence research across disciplines on clean energy, equity and climate resilience.